List of Negative Duration Bond ETFs

Updated Mar 8, 2019
Duration is a measure which is used to gauge how a bond or a portfolio of bonds will react to any changes in the interest rates. Theretically, a bond fund or a bond ETF which has a negative average duration should increase in value if there is a rise in the interest rates. As a general rule, of the bond market, for every 1 percent increase in interest rate, the value of a bond portfolio should decrease by the amount of its duration. For example, a bond ETF having a duration of 8 years should ideally see a decrease of 8 percent in prices if the interest rates are raised by 1 percent. A negative duration bond ETF invest in such securities, that may include bonds and taking short positions in bond futures, such that the overall portfolio of the ETF will have a negative bond duration.

List of All Negative Duration Bond ETFs

Following is the list of all 2 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Negative Duration Bond category:

Where do Negative Duration Bond ETFs Invest?

A long list of companies and different financial instruments exist where the Negative Duration Bond exchange-traded funds may invest the money collected from the ETF investors. Below is a small sample of companies whose stocks may qualify for investment by Negative Duration Bond ETFs, though there can be many more businesses and financial instruments where these ETFs can park the capital for returns: